Container for deodorant dispensing bottles



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.4 TTORIVE) i 1 2,711,942 CONTAINER FOR DEODORANT DISPENSING BOTTLES Urban J. Jacquet, Oakland, Calif. Application May 23, 1949, Serial No. 94,826 6 Claims. (Cl. 312245) This invention relates to containers for deodorant dispensing bottles, and embraces a container within which a bottle of deodorant is concealed and from which bottle and container the deodorant is dispensed into the surrounding atmosphere.

Deodorant is obtainable in drug and grocery stores in bottles which contain a wick from which the deodorant evaporates when in use. Such bottles, while adequate for transport of the volatile liquid to the consumer, are inadequate and often unacceptable as dispensers because they are unattractive and cannot readily be securely placed in suitable locations, as on a wall or shelf in a bathroom, kitchen, living room, or rumpus room.

It is, accordingly, one of the objects of this invention to provide a container for a bottle of deodorant which conceals the bottle and can readily be hung on a hook or nail on a wall or set securely on a shelf.

The invention has for a further object the provision of a hanger portion for such devices as are here described, and for picture or certificate frames generally, which devices can easily be hung.

Further objects and advantages will appear from the following specifications and accompanying drawing, in which:

Fig. l is a front elevation of the container;

Fig. 2 is a rear view thereof;

Fig. 3 is a section along the vertical axis y-y of Fig. 1;

Fig. 4 is a section at plane 4-4 of Fig. 2;

Fig. 5 is a fragmentary view of a modified feature; and

Fig. 6 is an elevational view of a special screw for use in hanging the container.

Referring to the drawing, the container comprises a box-like member having a front wall 10, top and bottom walls 12 and 14, and side-walls 16 and 18. The top and bottom walls are rectangular in plan and are integrated with the front and side walls through the curved corners 2i and 22. The side walls comprise pairs of upper and lower coplanar rectangular portions 24 and 26 joined by equal cylindric portions 28 and 30, having the common horizontal axis 0 about midway between the top and bottom walls. The front wall provides the top and bottom portions 32 and 34, and the central portion 36 having arcuate boundaries 38 and 40 also concentric on axis 0. The front wall 10 is joined to the side walls by the curved corners 42.

The front face of the front wall it) is provided with a bezel 44 similar to those for watch crystals in which there is set a transparent window glass 46, or a pane 46 of transparent plastic, having a spherical curvature as shown. The window transparency 46 is readily replaceable for a purpose to be pointed out.

The back 11 of the container is open for the most part, being designed for facing the wall of a room in which it is to be hung or set. The horizontal inside depth of the container between the back and front is only slightly greater than the thickness of the bottle 13 to be received therein and the width between side wall portions 26 is no greater than necessary to receive the bottle so as to hold it against falling sidewise. A gate 48, to be described in more detail below, cooperates with the bottom 14 and with wall portions 26 and 34 to form a rectangular pocket which prevents the bottle 13 from falling out the back of the container while the assembly is being moved about in order to place it in its position on a wall or on a shelf.

The container is provided with a hanger device 50 formed, preferably, of a flat piece of material of which ire 2,711,942 Patented June 28, 1955 the box-like container is made. The member 50 extends almost entirely across the back of the container between the side wall portions 24 and abuts under the top 12. The end and top edges of hanger member 50 are provided with tongues 52 which are received by grooves 54 and 56 in the top portions of the side walls and the underside of the top wall 12, as shown. The member 50 slides into position from below, the tongues 52 initially engaging the grooves 54 at the regions 58 Where the back opening is large enough to permit this engagement. The friction of engagement serves to retain the hanger in position, when not acting as a hanger.

The lower edge of member 50 is provided with a central notch 66 which is preferably vertically longer than it is horizontally wide, the vertical sides of the notch being preferably parallel, as shown in Fig. 5. Adjacent the notch 60 the lower edge of member 50 has two down- Wardly divergent edge portions 62 extending across the back of the containers interior free space. By the use of this construction the placing of any part of the edge 62 of the hanger over the shank of a nail or over the neck 61 of a screw 63, with the head of the nail, or the head 67 of the screw, projecting into the cavity of the container adjacent the inner face of hanger 50, the hanging of the container adjacent the inner face of hanger 50 may be completed by simply lowering the container onto the nail shank, or onto neck 61 of the screw, whereupon the head of the nail or screw prevents the container from falling away from the nail or screw and the container may settle on its own weight to a point where the notch 60 receives the shank of such nail, or the neck 61 of screw 63, without I further particular attention from the person mounting the container. Thus the container hangs from a central point and in the usual case will hang erect.

It will be observed that the back surface of the hanger 50 is positioned in a plane common to the common plane of the back edges of the container. This permits the container to be placed with its entire back surface in contact with the wall to which it is to be attached, and to be secured in that position on the nail or screw by initially positioning the shank side of the nail head, or the neck side of the screw head 67, at a distance from the Wall about equal to the thickness of the hanger 50 as seen in Fig. 4.

However, if the construction of Figs. 5 and 6 is employed, the entire neck of the screw determines the hanging of the container so that it hangs vertically even though there is unbalance in the weights on opposite sides of the mounting screw 63. Furthermore, with the construction here shown, the head of screw 63 prevents the container from being easily shaken free of the wall, because the container must move vertically upward before moving away from the wall, and this is an unlikely occurrence except by deliberate effort.

The gate 48 is engaged with the side wall portions 26 and bottom 14 by tongues and grooves similar to those used for member 50.

In order to place the bottle 13, the gate 48 may or may not need to be removed, depending upon how tall and how thick the bottle is. If the bottle 13 is nearly as high as the inside of the container, the gate 48 is removed before, and replaced after, insertion of the bottle.

The bottles 13 for which this container is primarily designed can be inserted without removing gate 48.

By the construction as above described, the spaces 2"! and 29 between arcuate sidewall portions 28 and 3t), and the adjacent walls of the bottle 13', are large enough to permit insertion of the fingers while grasping the bottle 13 between them in inserting or removing it in and from the container.

The top wall 12 is provided with suitable louvers 13 for the free passage of air and vapor, and such louvers may also be placed on the side or front walls.

It will be appreciated that, in order to turn the screw 63 so that the container will hang vertically, the hanger Si is removed and the notch of Fig. 5 is placed on the neck 61 as shown and the hanger is used as a wrench to bring its upper edge horizontal, thus orienting the neck 61. of the screw. One of the tongues 52 is employed as a screw driver hit to cause the screw to initially bite into the wall and thereafterthe hanger is used as a wrench to drive the screw in fully and to orient it. Having done this, the

hanger is applied to the container and the container is hung on the hook as described.

Additional louvers may be added as shown at 17. These louvers are made by placing the container on a jig and rotating it about the horizontal axis 0-0 and against a cutting blade such as a saw. Thus the louvers are easily and quickly made, and do not interfere with the appearance of the container.

1 claim:

1. A decorative container for deodorant dispensing bottles comprising a box-like structure having front, side,

top, and bottom walls and providing a bottle receiving space and opening, a hanger member extending across the space Within the container and forming a boundary for the opening, said hanger member providing a notch and divergent guides disposed into the opening for the reception of a stationary member therein, the notch and guides formed by said member being at one side of the center of gravity of the container and the guides extending from the notch in a direction inclined toward the center of gravity and forming a slideway for guiding the con- I tainer on a nail or the like to hang by the notch on the nail.

2. A decorative container for deodorant dispensing bottles comprising a box-like structure having integral front, side, top and bottom walls and providing an open back wall constructed and arranged so as to provide a bottle receiving and confining space between the front and side walls and a bottle support on the bottom wall with an opening through the back wall for receiving a bottle therethrough to rest on the bottom and be held erect by the front and side walls, a notched hanger member extending across the back opening adjacent the top wall and secured between the side walls and against the top wall so as to lie within the space formed by the walls inside the back opening, the hanger being formed with guiding edges adjacent the opening extending from the side wall to the notch for guiding the notch onto a headed member when such member has its head disposed in the opening, as the container is lowered over the headed memher.

3. A container for deodorant dispensing bottles comprising a box-like structure having integral front, side, top and bottom walls and providing an open back wall constructed and arranged so as to provide a bottle receiving and confining space between the front and side walls and a bottle support on the bottom wall with the opening through the back wall for receiving a bottle theretbrough to rest on the bottom and to be held erect by the front and side walls, a notched hanger member extending across the back opening adjacent the top wall and secured between the side walls so as to lie within the space formed by the walls inside the back opening, the hanger being formed with guiding edges adjoining the opening extending from the side walls to the notch for guiding the notch onto a headed member when such member has its head disposed in the space as the containcr is lowered over the headed member; and a headed member for securement to a vertical wall, said member having a head portion and a body portion joined by a neck portion, said head and body portions having parallel surfaces adjoining the neck portion constructed and arranged to receive the notch part of the hanger therebetween.

4. A container for deodorant dispensing bottles comprising a box-like structure having integral front, side,

top and bottom walls and providing an open back wall constructed and arranged so as to provide a bottle receiving and confining space between the front and side walls and a bottle support on the bottom wall with the opening through the back wall for receiving a bottle therethrough to rest on the bottom and to be held erect by the front and side walls, a notched hanger member having flat parallel surfaces extending across the back opening adjacent the top wall and secured between the side walls so as to lie within the space formed by the side walls inside the back opening, the notch having parallel edges and the hanger being formed with guiding edges adjoining the opening extending from the side walls to the notch edges for guiding the notch onto a headed member when such member has its head disposed in the space as the container is lowered over the headed member; and a headed member for securement to a vertical wall, said member having a head portion and a body portion joined by a neck portion having parallel surfaces for engaging the parallel edges of the notch, said head and body portions having parallel surfaces adjoining the neck portion constructed and arranged to receive the notch part of the hanger therebetween.

5. A decorative container for deodorant dispensing bottles comprising a box-like structure having integral front, side, top and bottom walls and providing an open back wall providing a bottle receiving and confining space between the front and side walls, a bottle support on the bottom wall, and an opening through the back wall for receiving a bottle therethrough to rest on the bottom and be held erect by the front and side walls, the side walls each including lower portions adjacent the bottom wall for engaging the sides of a bottle resting therebetween, and the side walls further including portions separated by a distance sufficiently greater than the separation of the lower portions to allow the insertion of the fingers in the container space while inserting and removing the bottle in and from the space.

6. A decorative container for deodorant dispensing bottles comprising a box-like structure having integral front, side, top and bottom walls and providing an open back wall providing a bottle receiving and confining space between the front and side Walls, a bottle support on the bottom wall, and an opening through the back wall for receiving a bottle therethrough to rest on the bottom wall and to be held erect by the front and side walls, the Side walls each including upper portions adjacent the top wall for engaging the sides of a hanger therebetween to provide a free space above the bottle in the container space, and a hanger secured between said upper side wall portions including a notch and divergent guide edges extending from the notch toward the bottom and to the sidewalls.

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